Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 April 2012
32 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendations of the advisory group on small businesses which have been implemented; if he intends to implement all of the recommendation [20940/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Advisory Group's Report "The Voice of Small Business" was published in November 2011. The Report sets out the recommendations of stakeholders in the small business sector and lists the actions that they consider need to be put in place by Government to assist SMEs to cope with the current economic crisis and to position them for future growth and job creation.
Thirty-four of the Advisory Group's actions/recommendations were included in the Action Plan for Jobs, published in February.
The first Quarterly Progress Report on the Action Plan for Jobs, covering Quarter 1 of 2012, was published by Government on Friday 20 April 2012. This Progress Report is available on my Department's website, under the "Publications" link:
http://www.djei.ie/publications/2012APJ_First_Progress_Report.pdf.
The Progress Report shows that 12 of these 34 Actions which had a Quarter 1 2012 target set down in the Action Plan for Jobs, met that timeline. One of these Actions, on the publication of the Official 15 Day Prompt Payment Notice, has been fully implemented. No deadlines were missed. 22 further Actions have different timelines over the remainder of 2012 and will be reported on in subsequent Quarterly Reports.
The remaining 23 Actions from the Advisory Group's Report, not included in the Action Plan for Jobs, will be progressed to the greatest extent possible, by the respective stakeholders through the Advisory Group's Work Plan for 2012/13.
